{"id":1311,"date":"2017-09-20T22:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flex-main.lndo.site\/resources\/robotics-in-auto-manufacturing-and-the-future-of-work"},"modified":"2023-08-22T18:29:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T18:29:38","slug":"robotics-in-auto-manufacturing-and-the-future-of-work","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/flex.com\/es\/resources\/robotics-in-auto-manufacturing-and-the-future-of-work","title":{"rendered":"La rob\u00f3tica en la fabricaci\u00f3n de autom\u00f3viles y el futuro del trabajo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"overscroll-top\" style=\"background-color: #eaeef4;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"resource-header block\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Homepage\" href=\"\/\">Flex<\/a>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\"><path d=\"M365.3 256l-22.6 22.6-192 192L128 493.3 82.7 448l22.6-22.6L274.7 256 105.4 86.6 82.7 64 128 18.7l22.6 22.6 192 192L365.3 256z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Resources\" href=\"\/resources\">Resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\"><path d=\"M365.3 256l-22.6 22.6-192 192L128 493.3 82.7 448l22.6-22.6L274.7 256 105.4 86.6 82.7 64 128 18.7l22.6 22.6 192 192L365.3 256z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Robotics in auto manufacturing and the future of work\">Robotics in auto manufacturing and the future of work<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h1>Robotics in auto manufacturing and the future of work<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date detail\">\n\t\t\t\tPosted on<br>\n\t\t\t\tseptiembre 20, 2017\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"categories\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"categories-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cat-tag\">Blog<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cat-tag\" data-cat-level=\"3\" data-destination=\"\/industries\/industrial?subcategories=capital-equipment-robotics#resources\" href=\"\/industries\/industrial?subcategories=capital-equipment-robotics#resources\">Capital Equipment &amp; Robotics<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cat-tag\" data-cat-level=\"2\" data-destination=\"\/industries\/automotive#resources\" href=\"\/industries\/automotive#resources\">Automotive<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cat-tag\" data-cat-level=\"3\" data-destination=\"\/solutions-and-services\/manufacturing?subcategories=industry-4-0#resources\" href=\"\/solutions-and-services\/manufacturing?subcategories=industry-4-0#resources\">Industry 4.0<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sidebar block normal-sidebar\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>For years, robots have played an increasing role in <a href=\"https:\/\/flex.com\/industries\/automotive\">automobile manufacturing<\/a>. As the trend accelerates in <a href=\"\/solutions-and-services\/manufacturing#industry-4-0\">Manufacturing 4.0<\/a>, more people worry that a significant number of workers will be replaced by machines that can assemble components with more speed and precision than any person can perform. 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Automakers began using robots in volume during the late 1980s and early 1990s, notes Tom Mayor, Strategy Leader for Industrial Manufacturing at KPMG. Hauling vehicles around or arc-welding, they were dangerous to be around, but by the early 2000s they\u2019d advanced enough to essentially partner with human workers in tasks like installing dashboards or other integrated components.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ravin Jesuthasan, a Managing Director with insurer Willis Towers Watson, who has written extensively on how automation impacts the workforce, believes any talk about robots replacing jobs is \u201cpatently wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"id-69e8f5b274c04\" class=\"box block content-width light-content es \" style=\"background-color: transparent; background-image: none;\">\n\t<style>\n\t\t#id-69e8f5b274c04 > .container > .content {\n\t\t\tbackground-color: #005486ff;\n\t\t\tposition: relative;\n\t\t\tpadding-top: 24px;\n\t\t\tpadding-right: 36px;\n\t\t\tpadding-bottom: 24px;\n\t\t\tpadding-left: 36px;\n\t\t\tmargin-left: 0px;\n\t\t\tmargin-right: 0px;\n\t\t}\n\t\t@media (max-width: 1272px) {\n\t\t\t#id-69e8f5b274c04.box.block.full-width > .container > .content {\n\t\t\t\tpadding-left: 0 !important;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-right: 0 !important;\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 0 !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t\t@media (max-width: 960px) {\n\t\t\t#id-69e8f5b274c04 > .container > .content {\n\t\t\t\t\/\/padding-top: 12px;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-right: 18px;\n\t\t\t\t\/\/padding-bottom: 12px;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-left: 18px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\n<div id=\"block_cbb23b189f4e2c3d15c60f42cad603de\" class=\"quote block no-horizontal-padding light-content\">\n\t<div class=\"container\" style=\"background-color: #005486;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-lines-top\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-marks-top\" style=\"background-color: #005486;\">\n\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 33 27\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m33 20.8c0-3.9-2.9-6.3-6.4-6.3-1.1 0-1.8.3-2.1.5.1-4.3 3.3-9 8-10.1v-4.9c-6 .6-14.2 5.9-14.2 18.2 0 5.9 3.6 8.8 7.8 8.8 3.9 0 6.9-2.8 6.9-6.2zm-18.3 0c0-3.9-2.9-6.3-6.4-6.3-1.1 0-1.8.3-2.1.5.1-4.3 3.3-9 8-10.1v-4.9c-6 .6-14.2 5.9-14.2 18.2 0 5.9 3.6 8.8 7.8 8.8 3.9 0 6.9-2.8 6.9-6.2z\" fill=\"#fff\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Automation affects tasks, not jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>\u2014 Ravin Jesuthasan, Managing Director, Willis Towers Watson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-lines-bottom\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-marks-bottom\" style=\"background-color: #005486;\">\n\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 33 27\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m0 6.2c0 3.9 2.9 6.3 6.4 6.3 1.1 0 1.8-.3 2.1-.5-.1 4.3-3.3 9-8 10.1v4.9c6-.6 14.2-5.9 14.2-18.2 0-5.9-3.6-8.8-7.8-8.8-3.9 0-6.9 2.8-6.9 6.2zm18.3 0c0 3.9 2.9 6.3 6.4 6.3 1.1 0 1.8-.3 2.1-.5-.1 4.3-3.3 9-8 10.1v4.9c6-.6 14.2-5.9 14.2-18.2 0-5.9-3.6-8.8-7.8-8.8-3.9 0-6.9 2.8-6.9 6.2z\" fill=\"#fff\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"spacer block\" style=\"height: 24px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>While he expects some routine chores to be taken over by automation, he sees others that will be accomplished by people augmented by robots, and still others that will be completely new. In essence, he and other experts envision manufacturing lines where robots redefine what people learn and do, rather than simply replace them. The automated workplace &#8220;will be agile with significant use of sensors and natural language processing to enable seamless interaction between humans, AI, and robots,&#8221; he says. &#8220;Collaborating with a robot will be similar to how we collaborate with another human \u2014 we speak, listen, and see. No clunky interfaces.&#8221; As a result, &#8220;work will be cognitive and less manual. Think of workers operating digital consoles like a video game.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the use of robotics in auto manufacturing isn\u2019t brand new, it\u2019s certainly picking up its pace. \u201cThe evolution of tools will be rapid,\u201d says Eric Daimler, Chief Executive of SpinGlass.ai, a development platform for robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) technology and a Presidential Innovation Fellow during the Obama administration. \u201cAll levels will need to get comfortable with a constant state of learning new tools. In some sense, we will all be \u2018newbies.\u2019 The half-life of new skills will shorten.\u201d Consequently, he believes the ability to quickly acquire new skills will become an important skill in and of itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"h-evolving-workers-with-the-process-nbsp\" style=\"font-weight:600\">Evolving workers with the process&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>How, then, do workers prepare themselves to change with their workplace as its technology evolves in unpredictable ways?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think the first step here is education and training,\u201d says Schwartz. \u201cThis is the responsibility both of our educational system and of employers who require these types of positions.\u201d By investing in their employees, he says, they provide people with opportunities to learn new skills that will make them \u201cinvaluable to the growing manufacturing industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"id-69e8f5b275caa\" class=\"box block content-width light-content es \" style=\"background-color: transparent; background-image: none;\">\n\t<style>\n\t\t#id-69e8f5b275caa > .container > .content {\n\t\t\tbackground-color: #005486ff;\n\t\t\tposition: relative;\n\t\t\tpadding-top: 24px;\n\t\t\tpadding-right: 36px;\n\t\t\tpadding-bottom: 24px;\n\t\t\tpadding-left: 36px;\n\t\t\tmargin-left: 0px;\n\t\t\tmargin-right: 0px;\n\t\t}\n\t\t@media (max-width: 1272px) {\n\t\t\t#id-69e8f5b275caa.box.block.full-width > .container > .content {\n\t\t\t\tpadding-left: 0 !important;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-right: 0 !important;\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 0 !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t\t@media (max-width: 960px) {\n\t\t\t#id-69e8f5b275caa > .container > .content {\n\t\t\t\t\/\/padding-top: 12px;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-right: 18px;\n\t\t\t\t\/\/padding-bottom: 12px;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-left: 18px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\n<div id=\"block_cbb23b189f4e2c3d15c60f42cad603de\" class=\"quote block no-horizontal-padding light-content\">\n\t<div class=\"container\" style=\"background-color: #005486;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-lines-top\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-marks-top\" style=\"background-color: #005486;\">\n\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 33 27\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m33 20.8c0-3.9-2.9-6.3-6.4-6.3-1.1 0-1.8.3-2.1.5.1-4.3 3.3-9 8-10.1v-4.9c-6 .6-14.2 5.9-14.2 18.2 0 5.9 3.6 8.8 7.8 8.8 3.9 0 6.9-2.8 6.9-6.2zm-18.3 0c0-3.9-2.9-6.3-6.4-6.3-1.1 0-1.8.3-2.1.5.1-4.3 3.3-9 8-10.1v-4.9c-6 .6-14.2 5.9-14.2 18.2 0 5.9 3.6 8.8 7.8 8.8 3.9 0 6.9-2.8 6.9-6.2z\" fill=\"#fff\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Humans and robots are already working together. A lot of assembly line workers already know some basic programming and repair for robots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>\u2014 Tom Mayor, Strategy Leader for Industrial Manufacturing, KPMG<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-lines-bottom\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-marks-bottom\" style=\"background-color: #005486;\">\n\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 33 27\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m0 6.2c0 3.9 2.9 6.3 6.4 6.3 1.1 0 1.8-.3 2.1-.5-.1 4.3-3.3 9-8 10.1v4.9c6-.6 14.2-5.9 14.2-18.2 0-5.9-3.6-8.8-7.8-8.8-3.9 0-6.9 2.8-6.9 6.2zm18.3 0c0 3.9 2.9 6.3 6.4 6.3 1.1 0 1.8-.3 2.1-.5-.1 4.3-3.3 9-8 10.1v4.9c6-.6 14.2-5.9 14.2-18.2 0-5.9-3.6-8.8-7.8-8.8-3.9 0-6.9 2.8-6.9 6.2z\" fill=\"#fff\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"spacer block\" style=\"height: 24px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Mayor also notes that what\u2019s actually happening to workers may not be accurately reflected in government reports, which often ignore the way jobs are changing.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/robotwork.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">In a 2015 white paper<\/a>, Darrell M. West, Vice President and Director of the Brookings Institution\u2019s Center for Technology Innovation, made a similar observation. Projections from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics \u201cmake few assumptions about emerging technologies,\u201d he wrote, adding that \u201c[it] is hard to be definitive about emerging trends because it is not clear how new technologies will affect various jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While that may be true, Schwartz believes it\u2019s evident that factories are moving away from being \u201cjust rooms with machines and becoming physical\/digital ecosystems teeming with software and sensors.\u201d He expects \u201cthe role of the factory technician will be redefined, and employees will be better off for it\u201d as they take on work that is more specialized and engaging than \u201cmindless labor positions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe assembly line itself will change dramatically as more of the work becomes cognitive and less manual,\u201d says Jesuthasan. \u201cThink of workers operating digital consoles like a video game. This is going to be infinitely more appealing to younger talent, and also raises the skill premium for the work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"h-a-pragmatic-approach-to-education\" style=\"font-weight:600\">A pragmatic approach to education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All of this is happening while new, technically adept generations are entering and rising through the workforce. To make sure they have the right skills to satisfy employer needs, Mayor says a number of states and counties are following some best practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Carolina, for one, has a strong network of community colleges, each with an advisory board made up of major local employers, among them auto makers like BMW. When a school teaches computer science or engineering, it focuses classroom work on the field\u2019s core but aligns the curriculum with specific technologies at work in the employers\u2019 facilities. For instance, the lab and project components of a course on programming might emphasize coding applications for robots in vehicle manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayor notes that <a href=\"https:\/\/flex.com\/industries\/industrial#capital-equipment-robotics\">advances in robotics and automation<\/a> are changing not only how products are built, but also how they\u2019re designed. Imagine using 3D printing instead of metal stamping, for example. A vehicle\u2019s components could be designed so they can be created and assembled with robots and people each performing tasks for which they\u2019re best suited. Technology allows manufacturers to develop the optimum mix of people and robots needed to run the production line at peak efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"id-69e8f5b276c8b\" class=\"box block content-width light-content es \" style=\"background-color: transparent; background-image: none;\">\n\t<style>\n\t\t#id-69e8f5b276c8b > .container > .content {\n\t\t\tbackground-color: #005486ff;\n\t\t\tposition: relative;\n\t\t\tpadding-top: 24px;\n\t\t\tpadding-right: 36px;\n\t\t\tpadding-bottom: 24px;\n\t\t\tpadding-left: 36px;\n\t\t\tmargin-left: 0px;\n\t\t\tmargin-right: 0px;\n\t\t}\n\t\t@media (max-width: 1272px) {\n\t\t\t#id-69e8f5b276c8b.box.block.full-width > .container > .content {\n\t\t\t\tpadding-left: 0 !important;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-right: 0 !important;\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 0 !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t\t@media (max-width: 960px) {\n\t\t\t#id-69e8f5b276c8b > .container > .content {\n\t\t\t\t\/\/padding-top: 12px;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-right: 18px;\n\t\t\t\t\/\/padding-bottom: 12px;\n\t\t\t\tpadding-left: 18px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\n<div id=\"block_cbb23b189f4e2c3d15c60f42cad603de\" class=\"quote block no-horizontal-padding light-content\">\n\t<div class=\"container\" style=\"background-color: #005486;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-lines-top\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-marks-top\" style=\"background-color: #005486;\">\n\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 33 27\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m33 20.8c0-3.9-2.9-6.3-6.4-6.3-1.1 0-1.8.3-2.1.5.1-4.3 3.3-9 8-10.1v-4.9c-6 .6-14.2 5.9-14.2 18.2 0 5.9 3.6 8.8 7.8 8.8 3.9 0 6.9-2.8 6.9-6.2zm-18.3 0c0-3.9-2.9-6.3-6.4-6.3-1.1 0-1.8.3-2.1.5.1-4.3 3.3-9 8-10.1v-4.9c-6 .6-14.2 5.9-14.2 18.2 0 5.9 3.6 8.8 7.8 8.8 3.9 0 6.9-2.8 6.9-6.2z\" fill=\"#fff\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">The entire value chain is going to change dramatically. What is going to be more intriguing is how the product changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>\u2014 Ravin Jesuthasan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-lines-bottom\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-marks-bottom\" style=\"background-color: #005486;\">\n\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 33 27\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m0 6.2c0 3.9 2.9 6.3 6.4 6.3 1.1 0 1.8-.3 2.1-.5-.1 4.3-3.3 9-8 10.1v4.9c6-.6 14.2-5.9 14.2-18.2 0-5.9-3.6-8.8-7.8-8.8-3.9 0-6.9 2.8-6.9 6.2zm18.3 0c0 3.9 2.9 6.3 6.4 6.3 1.1 0 1.8-.3 2.1-.5-.1 4.3-3.3 9-8 10.1v4.9c6-.6 14.2-5.9 14.2-18.2 0-5.9-3.6-8.8-7.8-8.8-3.9 0-6.9 2.8-6.9 6.2z\" fill=\"#fff\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"spacer block\" style=\"height: 24px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As an example, Jesuthasan cites Tesla, which \u201chas changed the way people think about vehicles,\u201d he says. \u201cInstead of buying a product, you now buy a portal though which various services are delivered. Instead of having to buy a new car to get more power, you can now get a software upgrade for your existing car. This is going to create demand for a whole new set of jobs in much the same way the iPhone and the resulting App Store did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayor believes these changes are happening at an opportune time. At the end of the day, automation is about increasing productivity. 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